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Alan Bronstein (Aurora Gems, USA) – diamond dealer: “Story of Blue Moon Diamond”
Dr. Katrien de Corte (HRD, Belgium) – diamond researcher: “Type IIa diamonds: good, bad and rare”
Thomas Gelb (Natural Colored Diamond Association, USA) – NCDIA contributing educator: “Fancy Color Diamonds: Color Grading and its Relationship to Value”
John Chapman (Gemetrix, Australia) – diamond consultant: “Colour and Fluorescence Grading of Coloured Diamonds by Instruments”
Branko Deljanin (CGL-GRS, Canada) – Diamond researcher: “New approach to Grading and Certifying coloured Diamonds – Provenance Type”
Kym Hughes (Symmetry Jewellery Valuation Specialists, Australia), appraiser: “Valuation of Coloured diamonds for trade and consumers”
MAJOR PARTNER TALK Aleksey Useinov (presenting Alrosa, Russia), researcher: “Introducing Alrosa Diamond In
Dr. Ilaria Adamo (Italian Gemmological Institute, Italy) – gemstone researcher: “Demantoid garnet: identification, and origin determination”
Viktor Tuzlukov / Alicia Vildosola (Russia / Spain), cutter / appraiser: “Evaluation of artistic cut for a new generation gemstones
Larry French (Gianmaria Buccellati Foundation, Italy), jeweller/lecturer: “Gianmaria Buccellati: Master goldsmith of Milan”
Posters:
Brad Cann (De Beers, UK), researcher: “A thermometer for HPHT treatment of CVD diamond “
Martin Steinbach (MPS, Germany), gem dealer: “The glorious stars fall from heaven: gems with asterism”
Nick Del Re (USA) lab gemmologist: ”Mobile spectroscopy – its potential for gemmology”
Clemens Schwarzinger (Johannes Kepler University, Austria), researcher: “Investigation of turquoise imitations and treatments with FTIR and Pyrolysis-GC-MS
